The Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory Fightin' Irish (San Francisco, CA) basketball knocked off the visiting Serra Padres (San Mateo, CA), 53-43 in Thursday's league test.

The Fightin' Irish (10-1) will now prepare for their test against Bellarmine College Prep (San Jose, CA). The Bells go into the test with a 2-1 record. In their last test, Bellarmine College Prep went down by Palo Alto (Palo Alto, CA), 48-44, in a non-league test.

The Padres now own a 8-3 record. They play next when they host Archbishop Mitty for a test on Saturday, January 6. Serra will encounter a Monarchs squad coming off a 64-40 non-league win over Alameda (Alameda, CA). The Monarchs record now stands at 1-0.